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Quota Time: Connecticut Troopers May Have Faked 1000s of Citations

The Truth About Cars

For bringing this shameful practice to light, it seems we can thank one Ken Barone, a person who toils as an associate director at the University of Connecticut. That sound you hear is lawmakers and the public alike clamoring for answers.

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Video Friday: Monocycle Robot With Legs

Cars That Think

Robodies are multipliers for care staff, allowing them to work together with local helpers to provide protection and assistance around the clock while maintaining personal contact with people in the community. CERN ] Congrats to Starship, the OG robotic delivery service, on their $90m raise.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

Cars That Think

Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery. In 1879, a then-married Latimer moved with his wife Mary, his mother, and his brother William to Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the advice of his sister Margaret. Alamy In a piece of personal correspondence with Booker T.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

Promote and demonstrate plugā€in electric vehicles through showcases in a variety of venues throughout New England: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. Ohio State University. Iowa State University. University of Pittsburgh. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Penn State University Park.

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

Baua Electric

Over the centuries, New Haven has had chapters devoted to maritime trade, railroads, industrial manufacturing and ā€” as home to Yale University and other institutions of higher learning ā€” education and health care. The concept of change that threads through the Peabodyā€™s 19 galleries is symbolic of whatā€™s happening elsewhere in the city.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOEā€™s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Connecticut Green Bank. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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Xerox Parcā€™s Engineers on How They Invented the Futureā€”and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. Networks that link personal computers in offices. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop ā€œthe architecture of information.ā€ Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Laser printers.

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